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COMBINATION KNIFE.

Patented Aug. 31,1897.

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UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE,

ANTONIN R. KOLAR, OF CLINTON, IOWVA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO KATHERINE A. WILLS, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINATION-KNIFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 589,392, dated August 31, 1897. Application filed August 26, 1896- Serial No. 604,048. No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTONIN R. KOLAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clinton, in the county of Clinton and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination-Knives; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in combination-tools, and has more particular relation to tools that are commonly known as combination-knives.

The invention consists of the combination, with a knife-frame carrying a knife-blade and formed with a wire-cutting end, of another frame carrying a corkscrew and pencil-sharpener and formed into the other member of the wire-cutter, said wire-cutting portions being pivoted together, so that the frames form 0pcrating-handles.

The invention also consists of certain other novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, all of which will be more particularly hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a knife embodying myinvention in its closed position. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of said knife in its open position, and Fig. 3 represents a similar vertical section through my said improved combination-knife.

A in the drawings represents the blade-carrying frame, and B the corkscrew and pencilsharpener carrying-frame. The frame A is provided with a pivoted knife-blade aand is formed at its forward end into a disk a, having a cutting-jaw a and a wire-nipping recess a The frame B is also provided at its forward end with a disk I), having a cuttingjaw b, said disk I) being pivoted to the disk at by means of a pivot-pin 17 The said frames A and B are held normally separated to hold the jaws a and b open by a spring 12 applied upon a pin b on frame B and having its opposite ends extending into contact with said frames A and B, respectively.

ner squared end of said corkscrew b engages a fiat spring I)", mounted on said frame, and thus causes said corkscrew to spring into either an open or closed position and remain so under spring tension. The said spring Z) also projects forward past the end of the corkscrew and engages an angular pivot-pin b mounted in the frame B and provided with a latching-arm b and operating-handle b Suitable latch-eyes b and Z9 are provided upon the respective frames Aand B, so that when said frames are brought together said eyes will coincide in position, and upon the rotation of the pin b the latcharm 12* will pass through said eyes and thus hold the two frames firmly together against the tension of the spring Z2 This rotation of the pin 12 is caused by the handle Z7 The said pin 1) will be held in any of its adjusted positions by means of the end of the spring 5 pressing against its angular sides. Suitable thumbnotches a and a are provided in the respective frames A and B, so that the finger-nail may be readily inserted to raise either the cutting-blade a or the corkscrew 19 into operative position. The outer end of the frame 13 is provided with a conical pencil-sharpening recess Z9 in the wall of which is set an inclined sharpening-blade I) by means of screws 12 It will be observed from the foregoing description that I provide in one implement a knife, a cutter, wire-nippers, a corkscrew, and a pencilsharpener, the whole being adapted to be closed into a compact form, so that the knife may be stored away in a vest pocket if so desired. It will also be observed that when so desired the blade b of the pencil-sharpener may be removed for sharpening or repairs.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a combination-tool, the combination with a frame carrying a knife-blade and one jaw of a cutter, of another frame carrying a corkscrew, a pencil-sharpener and the other jaw of a cutter, a pivot-pin connecting said frames, a spring for holding said frames normally separated, a spring for holding the corkscrew in either its open or closed position, and a catch adapted to lock the two frames together and engaged by said latter spring to hold it in its adjusted position, substantially as described.

2. In a combination-tool, the combination with a frame carrying a knife-blade and a ing witnesses.

ANTONIN R. KOLAR. Witnesses:

J OHN W. LEMING, CHARLES DICKINSON. 

